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My 5.1.1 tablet has an icon in the notification area. It looks like a Google Hangouts icon. But the drop-down reads "SMS is no longer supported. To read and send SMS messages, please download Android Messenger".

Well, this tablet is wifi only, so I could never send SMS messages anyway (except faking it with Google Voice). The annoying thing is, there is apparently no way to get rid of this notification icon. I even tried installing Android Messages to see if that helped, but it didn't.

How can I get rid of this annoying and useless (to me) notification icon?

Organic Marble
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Have you tried turning off SMS option inside of Hangouts?

Zooks64
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  • Thanks, while not strictly correct, your answer at least got me to open Hangouts. There was a notification in the app to choose a different SMS app, and when I did, the problem notification disappeared. So thanks for the suggestion! – Organic Marble Jul 02 '17 at 00:58
  • unintall / disbale hangout and instead install "Hangouts chats" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.dynamite – suraj jain May 11 '19 at 10:40
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    I don't see any SMS option inside Hangouts. – juanmah May 09 '20 at 09:14
  • @suraj Google chat (or as you say "Hangouts chats") is only for G suite accounts. – juanmah May 09 '20 at 09:17
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    This answer should not be accepted - there is no SMS option in hangouts. I also don't see any way of selecting a different SMS app (perhaps because I don't have one installed? But I have no need for one, as my tablet doesn't have a mobile connection so can't send or receive SMS anyway, so I don't really want to install one). – occipita Aug 02 '20 at 04:40